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KTop is part of the KDE project http://www.kde.org. KTop can be found on ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/, the main ftp site of the KDE project.
In order to successfully compile KTop, you need the KDE 1.x and Qt 1.4x. All required libraries as well as KTop itself can be found on ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/.
At the moment the following flavors of UNIX are supported:
For KTop to work it is necessary to compile the Linux-Kernel with the /proc-Filesystem enabled. This is the default setting and most Linux-Distribution have it already.
The KTop program needs to be owned by the kmem group and needs to have the setgid bit set.
Support for other platforms is in preparation. Your help is greatly appreciated.
In order to compile and install KTop on your system, type the following in the base directory of the KTop distribution:
% ./configure
% make
% make install
Should you run into problems please report them to the
It is possible to add the Task Manager to the panel. Simply use the Start Menu/Panel/Add Application Menu to do so. If you have the xload program installed you will see a performance history display instead of the KTop icon. Clicking on the icon or performance meter will start the Task Manager.
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